POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.advanced-users: Max-value with function int(): Re: Max-value with function int()

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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 14 May 2003 16:38:42
Message: <3ec2a952@news.povray.org>

In article <3ec25305@news.povray.org> , "Will W" <wil### [at] NOSPAMwizzardsnet>
wrote:

> So, this demonstrates this implementation of POV represents integers with a
> 32 bit number wheel, that wraps from positive to negative values at 2 raised
> to the 31st power (2^31, 2**31, or pow(2,31). This is of course because the
> high order bit is used as a sign bit.

Nobody ever said POV-Ray offers infinite precision.  To the contrary, it has
been said very often that very small or very big numbers when used will not
always produce the desired results.

    Thorsten

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